Improvement in nutmeg-graters



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DEWIT'I C. WARNEILOF CHICAGO,

ILLINoAIs Letters Patent No. 111,284, dated January'24, A1871*.

` IMPRCVEMENT IN NUTMEG-GRATERS.

The Schedule referred to in these LettersPatent and maling part of the sam'e.

To all lwhom it may concern; t Be it known that ,I, Dnwrr'r G. WAnNER, of Chi'- cago, lin the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois,

have invented a Nutmeg-Mill and Box; and I do..

declare -that the following isla full and exact description thereof', which will enable those skilled in the art Ato make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and letters 'marked "thereon, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view of my nutmeg-mill and box, with the lid open to show the inside construction.

Figure 2, a sectional elevation of the mill and box. Figure 3,.a face View of thev grinding-plate, de-

,The object of the present invention is to provide a convenient mill4 for grinding nutmegs, so arranged as to hold both the ground and ungronnd article; and

Its nature consists, for grinding, of an inclined hopper, a grinding-plate, and a' spring for holding-the nutmeg in place, so arrangcdathat the pressure ofthe Y lidof the box will hoI'd the spring do'wn with proper force on the nutmeg to keep it in place; and The means for holding the nutmeg consist-of two apartments in the box formed by a partition, one apartment being used to hold the ground article, which can be removed by means of a sliding door, as the whole is hereinafter fully described.

W represents a box, which is madeof metal or other suitable material, and which is provided withv a lid, B, hinged to the box in the usual manner, and with a partition, L, for separating the ground 'from the unground nutmeg.

An inclined hopper, F, ispIaced over -the nutmeg department M, and it is so arranged, with reference to the partition L, as to open into'the apartment-N, i

where the ground nutmeg is deposited.

To the upper part of the hopper F-iis hinged. a come pound spring, D O, for holding a nutmeg in said hopper when being-ground.'

When a nutmeg is to be placed in the' hopper the spring is turned over back, as shown in fig. l, buty during the grinding process the spring occupies' a position as shown at iig. 2.V

'lheV cover B ofthe boxA bearing upon the long prong of the spring forces the short prong down upon the nutmeg, shown at G.

f A metal grinding-plate, H, is fixed to a shaft, J,

andone of'V its faces has a grated grinding surface,

`against which the nutmeg bears.

The operation is very simple, requiring only that the crank be turned to do the grinding, .and that'the slidingdoor I be drawn out to remove the' ground nntmeg.

1. The two-pronged lpivoted spring D (O, arranged to hold a nutmeg when being ground, and to. turn back to allow a nutmeg to be placed inpostion to be.

ground, iu combinationwith the VhopperF, rotary grinding-plate H, lid B, and apartment N, as set forth. l

2. lhe combination ofthe apartments N M, rinding-plate H, hopper F, spring D G, cover B, box W, and door I, as and for the purpose set forth.

DEWITT O. 'WARNER Witnesses.

G. L. CHAPIN, l E. J; WARNER. 

